cracked egg

  1. J

    Cracked egg, external membrane busted but internal membrane intact. What do I do.

    Hey guys, my first time incubating isn’t going well. I have a duck egg that was meant to hatch 4 days ago but didn’t. When candled there’s been no movement for 3 of those days. So, I decided to open the egg thinking it was dead. The internal membrane where the veins are is still intact.. veins...
  2. K

    Cracked egg

    Went to grab eggs tonight and found this cracked egg. Obviously it isn’t cracked all the way but I’m on edge a bit because i know that when an egg cracks inside a chicken it isn’t a good sign… I wanted to know if you think my girl who laid this will be okay and what can I give them to prevent...
  3. GodLovesU

    Broken egg

    I just put 15 button quail eggs in the incubator today.I was marking X’s and O’s on the side and the pencil poked into one of the eggs.The membrane has a small hole and the shell is cracked a little.I cleaned it with a wet paper towel and put a piece of a waterproof band aid on it.What are the...
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  4. Pearlescent

    Cracked Turkey egg day before hatch date

    I was candling for internal pips in a Turkey egg on day 27, then the egg slipped out of my hand and fell 4 inches onto my desk. At first I thought it was ok and then I felt these cracks on the pointy end, membrane is fine, but the chick hadn’t pipped internally yet. It’s still showing movement...
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    • Forum: Turkeys
  5. B

    Egg

    Hello :) I have four hens (pharaoh coturnix) who I believe are all laying regularly now. I've noticed dramatic differences in egg colouration and texture - the ones with an almost solid brown covering are a bit rougher and less shiny that the speckled eggs. I have been assuming this is just...
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  6. Velvet Sparrow

    Repairing And Hatching Severely Damaged Eggs--This WORKED!

    Since 2008 we've been webcasting our annual spring chicken egg hatch, called Chickam. While every year seems to have some kind of dumb drama with the hatch, this year was a whopper. The big one was due to an accident with the incubator racks, all of the eggs and equipment took a very bad fall on...
  7. L

    cracked egg

    I have a hen sitting on 10 eggs and i noticed yesterday that one of the eggs was cracked but the inner liner of the egg was still intacked. I know that the egg was fertile i did a candling a couple days before and you could very plainly see a moving baby in there. Should i discard this egg or is...
  8. CloneFly

    Vent Gleet?

    Hello all, I went into the run today to give out the daily dose of love and cuddles and noticed my 1yr old EE kinda fluffy and quiet off to the side. I felt her crop and all was normal, but she does have messy/dirt butt feathers. My question is, would this be vent gleet or a possible case of...
  9. O

    Broken shells-help!!

    My cat knocked the incubator off the counter this afternoon. Chicks were due to hatch tomorrow or the next day. At least 2 of them are still alive. Their shells are completely broken but the membranes are intact. I have them back in the incubator but I’m not sure if I should just monitor them or...
  10. CloneFly

    What to do With Cracked Eggs

    We've all dealt with cracked eggs and the disappointment that comes when we find one (or two!) in the egg box. But here's the question; what do you do with these cracked eggs? Personally, I crack the damaged egg(s) into a bowl and feed it back to the girls- they loooove the ooey gooey...
  11. H

    Muscovy Duck Egg Cracked Early

    This is first time breeding ducks we got two Muscovy ducks last year and they laid 12 eggs. Four were gotten by puppies before we got the fence fixed but today found one cracked all over and a small tear in the membrane. There is some blood I opened it a little thinking it was dead but it...
  12. A

    Newly Hatched Duckling Cracked Other Egg

    Hi everyone! I just had my first duckling hatch! There are 3 other eggs in the incubator, and she was moving all around after hatching and looks to have bumped into and somehow cracked a piece of shell off one of the other eggs that just started to internally pip last night. The crack is on the...
  13. M

    Hatching egg is cracked on arrival

    I just received my hatching eggs and one of the last ones I went to set up for the wait to get to room temperature was very difficult to slide out of the foam. I felt something like it cracked just a bit so I double checked what I could see and there was a crack going down the side of the egg. I...
  14. Yucky_ducky_kentucky

    It’s a miracle! One egg that fell and cracked 1 week before hatch day and covered in wax for protection has hatched today!

    :clapJust like to say that wax works if your egg cracks before hatching! So please don’t discard eggs that can live! It’s a miracle
  15. A

    Strange shaped eggs

    Hi all- first post here - I’m worried about my cuckoo Maran - she has extended growths on her legs where the spurs are (about 1:4 inch long) and for the last few weeks her eggs have been shaped very oblong - and they are cracked for two lays now. The shell is sturdy otherwise. Once or twice...
  16. jilamo

    Egg laid with crack?!

    This is the 2nd time we have had this hens egg laid with a crack that looks like it was sealed over before she laid it. Just wondering if this is something I should be concerned about or if I should supplement her with anything? They have free feed oyster shell available all the time. Any...
  17. DoubleYolk123

    Hen not laying in nest box, now everyone keeps breaking and eating her eggs?!

    I have 6 hybrids, all laying. 1 hen (don’t know which) keeps laying her eggs out of the nest box near the door. So I’m the morning everyone goes running out and end up stepping all over her egg. Once it’s cracked they then eat it. How do I get her to lay in the nest box? I also have another hen...
  18. J

    Cracked egg, help

    So here’s my story, I was checking on my chickens and the broody ones hoping for the chicks to have been hatched and I open up the door and the chicken freaks out the two eggs fall out, both cracked. One wasn’t fertile while the other was. The fertile one has a hole in it as big as fingernail...
  19. B

    Egg is cracked , nothing happening?

    My chickens abandoned this egg and I've been raising it via heating pad. Yesterday it has been showing signs of living and hatching , but today I uncovered it and it's been like this. No one has hit or put anything on it. Is it still alive? Is it okay? Will the rest come out soon? It sort of smells.
  20. CannedMonster

    Strange Eggs

    My bantam Cochin is laying strange eggs. She is just over 1 year old. Her eggs have been normal until recent weeks. Now she lays a large (for her) egg with blood on it and a weird seam-like crack towards the pointy end. I can feel the crack when I run my fingernail across it. The shell is not...
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